Males also work as prostitutes, but it’s not really talked about. Many believe that males only work as stripers, but that is only one of the many ways they work in the industry. Male prostitutes also work in the streets and as escorts just like female sex workers. Just like female sex workers most males especially boys are also victims of sex trafficking. The average age of boy sex workers is 17 to 18 years old, however, they become initiated at age 14. “Male victims come from similar backgrounds as female victims, often raised in broken families with a history of neglect and abuse, with at least 70 percent having experienced sexual abuse as children” (Chin, 2014). According to a 2008 study by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in fact, boys comprised about 50 percent of sexually exploited children in a sample study done in New York, with most being domestic victims (2014).
